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Gilgamesh is one of the oldest stories ever told. He was a king about six thousand years ago in Uruk. After the death of his friend, Gilgamesh sets out on a quest for immortality. However, he dies in the end. In the book The Epic of Gilgamesh (Kovacs, 1989), fragrance plays an important role. When…

Louise Mallard’s Power Hour Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a short story that speaks wonders in its one thousand words. The unique reaction of Chopin’s character, Louise Mallard, to her husband’s supposed death and her resulting death upon seeing him walk through the door allows for various interpretations to be made by…

Push/Precious Paper “Life is hard. Life is short. Life is painful. Life is rich. Life is …. Precious.” This sentence effectively summarizes the contrasting aspects of the film, which delves into the difficult and poignant elements of life, while also leaving room for hope and optimism in a better future. The movie “Precious” centers around…

The mask is a form of deception or illusion. Sometimes, it can be worn as both. It hides the true emotions of slaves, keeping the slave master from knowing what is going on in their minds. The mask also allows the slave to have an identity without the master’s detection. The mask gives the illusion…

“The Tyger” by William Blake is a renowned poem that adeptly showcases the impact of poetic devices, as well as sound and rhythm, on a poem’s meaning. Blake raises inquiries regarding the nature of God and faith through two significant rhetorical questions within the poem. One questions whether God is responsible for both goodness and…

Poetry is often perceived to be the art form of the elite because of the fact that it requires critical thought and a certain level of intelligence to comprehend and appreciate.  However, in many cases, there are poems that tackle the same theme from a different perspective while using various poetic devices to demonstrate how…

            The opening scene of act three shows the courtroom of the Salem house as Judge Hathorne questions Martha Corey about her allegedly engaging in the practice of witchcraft. Giles the husband of Mary stood up to defend his wife of the accusation and because of his act of questioning the court, Danforth along with…

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeares most popular dramas. Its humor and comedy revolves around Kate Minola. a strong-minded adult female who is seen as a termagant due to her involuntariness to conform to the unwritten regulations of lady-hood and Pertruchio who is convinced he was born to chasten [ Kate ]…

Malcolm X in the asses-ass preached about how African Americans were treated differently and view unequal and unworthy in the eyes of others and his beliefs are still relevant in today’s news. Ill. My cousin Lance was killed by white supremacists and crooked cops in Birmingham before was even born. Malcolm Ax’s preaching along with…

Stuart Gordon’s career has gone full circle lately, having returned to his theater roots by helming the recent LA stage plays Re-Animator: The Musical and Nevermore, his one-man show about Edgar Allan Poe starring Jeffrey Combs. We’ve just received word that Gordon isn’t quite done with stage horror — he’ll next bring tale of cannibalism…